Bill Maher loves to talk politics, but the Real Time host may be about to get a lesson in how real Power works.
Two days after WGA member Maher declared he was bringing back his HBO show despite the ongoing scribes’ strike, Power creator Courtney Kemp revealed she and others plan to flick the franchise switch on the comedian next week.
“Tuesday, September 19 10-a-12pm the Power Universe is canceling Christmas at CBS Television City!” Kemp reposted om Instagram this afternoon from Power producer Safia Dirie with the semi-infamous line about the holidays first uttered byJoseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan character years ago. “Come out and really screw up Bill Maher’s Day!” – as you can see below:
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In fact, Maher may get roasted on the East Coast as well where Drew Barrymore has been picketed by her...
Two days after WGA member Maher declared he was bringing back his HBO show despite the ongoing scribes’ strike, Power creator Courtney Kemp revealed she and others plan to flick the franchise switch on the comedian next week.
“Tuesday, September 19 10-a-12pm the Power Universe is canceling Christmas at CBS Television City!” Kemp reposted om Instagram this afternoon from Power producer Safia Dirie with the semi-infamous line about the holidays first uttered byJoseph Sikora’s Tommy Egan character years ago. “Come out and really screw up Bill Maher’s Day!” – as you can see below:
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In fact, Maher may get roasted on the East Coast as well where Drew Barrymore has been picketed by her...
- 9/15/2023
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Meredith Stiehm will seek a second two-year term as president of WGA West in the fall election, and the other top officials of the guild will also seek reelection.
Justine Bateman, the writer-director and former “Family Ties” star, is running for a spot on the WGA West board. Bateman has become outspoken on the need for tight regulation of artificial intelligence.
The guild announced its preliminary list of nominees on Wednesday. Stiehm, who has been active in both the agency campaign and the current strike, will run against challenger Rich Talarico, a “Key and Peele” writer who has faulted the guild for not doing more to fight back against the release of free clips of the show on YouTube.
Michele Mulroney is running for reelection as vice president, and Betsy Thomas is seeking another term as secretary-treasurer. They will run against Isaac Gomez and Jeffrey Thompson, respectively.
The WGA West has a 16-member board,...
Justine Bateman, the writer-director and former “Family Ties” star, is running for a spot on the WGA West board. Bateman has become outspoken on the need for tight regulation of artificial intelligence.
The guild announced its preliminary list of nominees on Wednesday. Stiehm, who has been active in both the agency campaign and the current strike, will run against challenger Rich Talarico, a “Key and Peele” writer who has faulted the guild for not doing more to fight back against the release of free clips of the show on YouTube.
Michele Mulroney is running for reelection as vice president, and Betsy Thomas is seeking another term as secretary-treasurer. They will run against Isaac Gomez and Jeffrey Thompson, respectively.
The WGA West has a 16-member board,...
- 6/21/2023
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The Writers Guild of America West is holding officer and board elections in the middle of its ongoing strike, which is now in its 51st day. Incumbent president Meredith Stiehm is seeking reelection and will face off against Rich Talarico – both of whom were selected by the guild’s nominating committee.
In the race for vice president, incumbent Michele Mulroney will face challenger Isaac Gómez, while in the contest for secretary-treasurer, incumbent Betsy Thomas will face Jeffrey Thompson.
The guild said Wednesday that the nominating committee also selected 24 candidates to run for eight open seats on the guild’s board of directors. They are incumbents Nicole Yorkin, Dailyn Rodriguez, Adam Conover, Dante W. Harper, and Zoe Marshall, and challengers Molly Nussbaum, Danielle Iman, Maggie Levin, Blake Masters, Rob Forman, Anthony Sparks, Justine Bateman, Alex O’Keefe, Jonterri Gadson, Leah Folta, Susannah Grant, Grant Scharbo, Safia M. Dirie, Sean Presant, Scott Alexander,...
In the race for vice president, incumbent Michele Mulroney will face challenger Isaac Gómez, while in the contest for secretary-treasurer, incumbent Betsy Thomas will face Jeffrey Thompson.
The guild said Wednesday that the nominating committee also selected 24 candidates to run for eight open seats on the guild’s board of directors. They are incumbents Nicole Yorkin, Dailyn Rodriguez, Adam Conover, Dante W. Harper, and Zoe Marshall, and challengers Molly Nussbaum, Danielle Iman, Maggie Levin, Blake Masters, Rob Forman, Anthony Sparks, Justine Bateman, Alex O’Keefe, Jonterri Gadson, Leah Folta, Susannah Grant, Grant Scharbo, Safia M. Dirie, Sean Presant, Scott Alexander,...
- 6/21/2023
- by David Robb
- Deadline Film + TV
Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby and Matt Lauria as Josh Folsom in ‘CSI: Vegas’ season 2 episode 18
Original CSI star Eric Szmanda continues his guest-starring role on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season two episode 18. Directed by Gina Lamar from a script by Liz Castricone and Safia M. Dirie, episode 18 – “Fractured” – will air on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Fractured” Plot: The CSI team investigates a bomb that detonated during a masquerade party for wealthy investors at the site of a new casino.
Matt Lauria as Josh Folsom and Ariana Guerra as Detective Chavez in the “Fractured” episode
The Season 2 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
CSI: Vegas, the sequel to...
Original CSI star Eric Szmanda continues his guest-starring role on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season two episode 18. Directed by Gina Lamar from a script by Liz Castricone and Safia M. Dirie, episode 18 – “Fractured” – will air on Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Fractured” Plot: The CSI team investigates a bomb that detonated during a masquerade party for wealthy investors at the site of a new casino.
Matt Lauria as Josh Folsom and Ariana Guerra as Detective Chavez in the “Fractured” episode
The Season 2 Description, Courtesy of CBS:
CSI: Vegas, the sequel to...
- 4/4/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Matt Lauria as Josh Folsom, Ariana Guerra as Detective Serena Chavez and Lex Medlin as Beau Finado in ‘CSI: Vegas’ season 2 episode 11
It’s all hands on deck when a mom goes missing on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season two episode 11, “Trinket.” Directed by Ruben Garcia from a script by Safia M. Dirie, episode 11 will air on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Trinket” Plot: When a young, non-verbal boy is found hiding in a stranger’s garage, the CSI team searches for his missing mother. Also, Max receives a strange letter with symbols in silver ink that Folsom and Allie recognize from prior crime scenes.
Episode 11 guest stars include Sarah Gilman,...
It’s all hands on deck when a mom goes missing on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season two episode 11, “Trinket.” Directed by Ruben Garcia from a script by Safia M. Dirie, episode 11 will air on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Trinket” Plot: When a young, non-verbal boy is found hiding in a stranger’s garage, the CSI team searches for his missing mother. Also, Max receives a strange letter with symbols in silver ink that Folsom and Allie recognize from prior crime scenes.
Episode 11 guest stars include Sarah Gilman,...
- 1/7/2023
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Exclusive: CSI: Vegas co-executive producer Safia M. Dirie is expanding her relationship with the companies behind the CSI sequel: CBS, CBS Studios and Bruckheimer Television.
Dirie has signed a two-year overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the pact, she has teamed with Bruckheimer Television for Cambridge, a drama series which has been set at CBS for development.
Written by Dirie, Cambridge centers on Dr. Diana “Cambridge” Clark, a gutsy, world-class pathologist who returns to the hospital she abruptly quit when she is assigned to lead a team of medical investigators – her former colleagues – as they diagnose the country’s most mysterious diseases.
Dirie executive produces with Bruckheimer TV’s Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed.
Previously, Dirie was a co-executive producer on Showtime’s Super Pumped and did stints on CBS’ God Friended Me and Starz’s Power. She is repped by CAA and Jr MCGinnis of Ftsamr.
Dirie has signed a two-year overall deal with CBS Studios. Under the pact, she has teamed with Bruckheimer Television for Cambridge, a drama series which has been set at CBS for development.
Written by Dirie, Cambridge centers on Dr. Diana “Cambridge” Clark, a gutsy, world-class pathologist who returns to the hospital she abruptly quit when she is assigned to lead a team of medical investigators – her former colleagues – as they diagnose the country’s most mysterious diseases.
Dirie executive produces with Bruckheimer TV’s Jerry Bruckheimer and KristieAnne Reed.
Previously, Dirie was a co-executive producer on Showtime’s Super Pumped and did stints on CBS’ God Friended Me and Starz’s Power. She is repped by CAA and Jr MCGinnis of Ftsamr.
- 11/9/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Update, 3:29 Pm: The balance of power in Washington DC is still to be determined, but the final votes have been counted up for small screen coverage of November 8’s midterm elections coverage.
Approximately 25.4 million people watched last night’s results in primetime, according to Nielsen. That total figure comes from 8 – 11 Pm coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, CNNe, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax and NewsNation. Out of home and connected TV viewing is also included in the data.
Indicative of the state of 21st century media and perhaps the allure of politics in a deeply divided America last night’s total viewership tumbled 29 from the 2018 midterm viewership. That night four years ago, which saw the Democrats take back the House of Representatives and set up a fighting opposition to then President Donald Trump, was aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, CNN, CNNe, Fox Business,...
Approximately 25.4 million people watched last night’s results in primetime, according to Nielsen. That total figure comes from 8 – 11 Pm coverage on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, CNN, CNNe, Fox Business, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Newsmax and NewsNation. Out of home and connected TV viewing is also included in the data.
Indicative of the state of 21st century media and perhaps the allure of politics in a deeply divided America last night’s total viewership tumbled 29 from the 2018 midterm viewership. That night four years ago, which saw the Democrats take back the House of Representatives and set up a fighting opposition to then President Donald Trump, was aired on ABC, CBS, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, PBS, CNN, CNNe, Fox Business,...
- 11/9/2022
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The team’s on the case when a dead body turns up in the middle of nowhere on CBS’s CSI: Vegas season two episode three. Directed by Antonio Negret from a script by Safia M. Dirie, episode three is set to air on Thursday, October 13, 2022 at 10pm Et/Pt.
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Story of a Gun” Plot: The CSI team investigates after a group of teens discover a dead woman behind the wheel of an abandoned car in a Nevada ghost town.
Sara Amini, Joel Johnstone, and Joey Marie Urbina guest star in episode three.
Season 2 Episode 1 “She’s Gone” Preview Season 2 Episode 2 “The Painted Man” Preview Paula Newsome as...
The second season stars Paula Newsome as Maxine Roby, Marg Helgenberger as Catherine Willows, Matt Lauria as Joshua Folsom, and Mandeep Dhillon as Allie Rajan. Ariana Guerra plays Detective Serena Chavez, Lex Medlin is Beau Finado, and Jay Lee is Chris Park.
“Story of a Gun” Plot: The CSI team investigates after a group of teens discover a dead woman behind the wheel of an abandoned car in a Nevada ghost town.
Sara Amini, Joel Johnstone, and Joey Marie Urbina guest star in episode three.
Season 2 Episode 1 “She’s Gone” Preview Season 2 Episode 2 “The Painted Man” Preview Paula Newsome as...
- 10/10/2022
- by Rebecca Murray
- Showbiz Junkies
Spoiler Alert: This story includes major details about tonight’s fatal episode of Power.
“Rest in peace, you tough bastard,” declares Power’s Joseph Sikora as the notoriously vicious Tommy Egan while he and Omari Hardwick’s Ghost look down at the bloodied and very dead body of the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson portrayed Kanan on the Starz drama today.
Playing the traditional Power card of making a major move in each season’s eighth episode, tonight’s “A Friend of the Family’ saw the Courtney Kemp created crime series go somewhere almost no one expected and yet precisely where the Ep alluded it would with the NYPD shooting death of the rap superstar’s character.
Put another way, and you can already watch the whole “Friend” episode on the Starz app now or catch it on the premium cabler now, take a breath and count to 10 if you thought...
“Rest in peace, you tough bastard,” declares Power’s Joseph Sikora as the notoriously vicious Tommy Egan while he and Omari Hardwick’s Ghost look down at the bloodied and very dead body of the Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson portrayed Kanan on the Starz drama today.
Playing the traditional Power card of making a major move in each season’s eighth episode, tonight’s “A Friend of the Family’ saw the Courtney Kemp created crime series go somewhere almost no one expected and yet precisely where the Ep alluded it would with the NYPD shooting death of the rap superstar’s character.
Put another way, and you can already watch the whole “Friend” episode on the Starz app now or catch it on the premium cabler now, take a breath and count to 10 if you thought...
- 8/27/2018
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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